Although the students have an absolute score, each student’s absolute score are compared with other students to yield an aggregate score, and the students are ranked according to that basis. This allows the examination to accommodate for overly easy or overly difficult questions. Contrary to popular belief, the Primary Six Leaving Examination (PSLE) aggregate score has no ceiling of 300. In 2007, for example, the highest aggregate score for the PSLE was 294 and the lowest aggregate score was 87. The lowest score for 2011’s PSLE was 43 but the highest score was 283.